Posted on 10/13/2014 9:14:29 PM PDT by WeatherGuy
But Cal Jillson, a political scientist at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, said that the initial outpouring of negative reaction may be giving way to a more receptive response as the ad continues to air. I think opinion has shifted over the past couple of days, he said. It is a galvanizing ad, and it stops and commands attention.
By referring to his disability in his political campaign, some analysts say, Mr. Abbott effectively opened the door for Ms. Daviss depiction of the wheelchair in her ad. Greg Abbott has made the wheelchair a representation of his strength and his determination, said Professor Jillson of S.M.U.
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Wow... No wonder our side always loses if that’s the best you can come up with to argue what I said.
I do too. I was only looking at the ad politically. Attack ads work, that’s why candidates use them. You’re right, I did not do the research... But the majority of voters don’t either and that is why it is a good ad.
I was only saying the ad was good. Most people do not do the research. It was a desperate ad by a desperate candidate. As a politician, I understand why she did it.
HUh!!! She's being clobbered from the left and the right. If by good you mean she will lose by even more votes because of it I agree!!
In 2013 Abbott discussed the lawsuit with the Texas Tribune.
Here is a link to the story and a copy of the Indeminity Agreement.
FDR used a wheelchair.
It doesn’t matter what the pundits say. Negative ads work. That is why candidates do them.
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